Thu 27 October 2022: Online pornography is dangerous, according to Pope Francis, who described it as a temptation that “weakens the priestly heart”. when he addressed seminarians in Rome. During a meeting on Monday at the Vatican, the pontiff answered many questions from priests and seminarians in-depth. He discussed reconciling science and faith and trying […]
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Thu 27 October 2022: A pro-China online influence campaign is seeking to discredit the United States’ democracy and discourage citizens from voting in the upcoming midterm elections, according to cybersecurity researchers. The influence campaign, dubbed DRAGONBRIDGE, aims to “sow division both between the US and its allies and within the US political system itself”, including […]
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Wed 26 October 2022: At least 15 people were killed and 40 more were injured in an attack on a Shia holy site in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz, IRNA reported. According to the report, the incident, which occurred early Wednesday evening at the Shah Cheragh Sanctuary, was carried out by three armed men […]
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Wed 26 October 2022: Hundreds of protesters marched Wednesday to the gravesite of Mahsa Amini in northwestern Iran to mark 40 days since her death while in custody of the nation’s morality police. Amateur video posted to social media sites showed crowds of protesters, some in vehicles but mostly on foot, filling the road leading […]
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Wed 26 October 2022: The US government has issued a security alert and warned its embassy staff about a “possible terrorist attack” in greater Sandton, reportedly planned for Saturday October 29. In an advisory, published on Wednesday, the US government said: The U.S. government has received information that terrorists may be planning to conduct an […]
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Wed 26 October 2022: In their first phone conversation after Sunak became Britain’s third prime minister this year, US President Joe Biden and Rishi Sunak, the country’s new leader, vowed to cooperate to assist Ukraine and confront China, the White House said in a statement. According to the White House’s read-out of the call on […]
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Wed 26 October 2022: The Pentagon has stated once more that “there would be consequences” if Russia used nuclear weapons or a bomb contaminated with nuclear material. “There would be consequences for Russia, whether it uses a nuclear weapon or a dirty bomb,” Pentagon press secretary Pat Ryder said in a press briefing. Ryder said that he wouldn’t go into details […]
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Wed 26 October 2022: Imran Khan, a former prime minister of Pakistan, has announced that on Friday, he and his supporters will start a protest march from the eastern city of Lahore to the capital in order to demand early elections. Following Khan’s removal from his parliamentary seat last week after Pakistan’s top election tribunal […]
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Wed 26 October 2022: NASA scientists have identified more than 50 methane-emitting hotspots around the world using a tool designed to study how dust affects climate, a development that could aid in the fight against the potent greenhouse gas. Since its installation onboard the International Space Station in July, NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source […]
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Tue 25 October 2022: Sergey Lavrov, the foreign minister of Russia, stated on Tuesday that the US and NATO are now parties to the conflict because of their military support for Ukraine, Anadolu Agency reported. “Washington and its NATO allies are increasing supplies of lethal weapons to Ukrainian neo-Nazis, sharing intelligence data with them, recruiting […]
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